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Subject:Re: Sound, vibration, thermal, moisture materials
From:Roy Nicholl
Date:Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:37:44 -0300

Neil:

What would be ultimately superior would be if you could find a reasonable priced producer of custom shaped vacuum insolation panels (up to R50/inch).

> On 28-Jul-2016, at 20:35, Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Karl, you are the MAN!  Thanks.
> 
> Why he used fiberglass at all while he used Poly-Iso (?) in the
> inaccessible voids I don't understand.  Apparently, like others, he didn't
> know it is superior?
> 
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> years ago, a fellow on the list (Matthew Bulley) did the sound proofing
>> to the extreme, first if I recall it correctly on a Bus and later on a
>> Vanagon. The domain was lost (http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/
>> <http://web.archive.org/web/19990508050731/http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/>)
>> but was recovered under
>> http://www.shagadelic.org/VW/info/gmbulley-soundproof/. But this link is
>> dead too. There is some info of this
>> http://www.type2.com/library/heat/intrir1.html and
>> http://web.archive.org/web/19990508050731/http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/.
>> If i recall correctly, he did take the bus apart later and noticed
>> unexpected rust probably due to choice of material he used. that was in
>> 2008 and you should be able to search for his name in the archives.
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:51 AM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Years ago an owner did a windows out reno and posted a color drawing
>>> showing all the material layers he used for mitigating the sound,
>>> vibration, heat, moisture and such.  It was a great resource back then.
>>> Now?  Where is it in the archives?  Please, pretty?
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Neil2
>>> '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky)
>>> '86 Vanagon (SaVannah)
>>> '08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Sprinter (Moby)
>>> '90 Westfalia Subagon
>>> Fulltiming since August 2008
>>> Nunquam Pendite Divendium
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> --
> Neil2
> '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky)
> '86 Vanagon (SaVannah)
> '08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Sprinter (Moby)
> '90 Westfalia Subagon
> Fulltiming since August 2008
> Nunquam Pendite Divendium